Wherever I Go

Chapter Eight

Mikasa's POV

All I could do was sit there, on my knees, letting the tears fall. Thunder was roaring above me, meaning it would probably begin raining soon.

Then, the door creaked as it opened again, another man walking out.

"What the hell...?" he questioned, spotting his unconscious men. Then he looked over at me.

"You're the girl..." he said to himself, looking me up and down, then looked down at Erens corpse, "How pitiful."

Then he slowly began approaching me, as I glared up at him silently.

"How about you just be a good girl, and come with me?" he suggested, giving me a warm smile.

Why even fight anymore? I thought to myself, Whats the point? I'm just a burden anyways. I might as well let them take me.

Then I realized something. If I didn't fight, Erens death would be in vain. It would've been for nothing.

I can't give up.

As he extended his hand towards me, I quickly reached over and took the knife out of Erens side. Holding it close, I felt energy flow through my body. I don't know what it was, I've never felt it before. It was telling my body to react fast. To fight.

My reflexes acted fast and stabbed the man in the chest, letting him fall to the ground. He gasped a few last breaths before dying. I avenged Eren.

I then sunk back to my knees, in shock at what I had just done.

A few moments passed and I heard something groan from behind me. "Ugh..."

"Huh?" I said as I turned around, finding the source of sound. My eyes widening in shock, I crawled over towards Eren.

His blood was evaporating into thin air, and his eyes were slowly opening. The wound had completely vanished now.

"How..." I gasped, feeling under his shirt where his stab wound had been, but was now gone. His skin felt just as normal.

"Mikasa..." he rasped, then swallowed.

"How are you...?" I questioned, confused.

Then he slowly sat up and looked down at the tear in his shirt.

"I can regenerate, but when the knife was inside me, my body couldn't." he answered, then looked at me, "When you pulled it out, my body could regenerate."

He looked over at the three men, then back at me, who had blood on my clothes.

Then, I hugged him, letting my tears fall again. "Mikasa...?"

I just held him tighter. "We should call the police..." he informed me. I nodded and then let go of him, allowing him to pull out his phone. He slid it open and dialed the number, then began speaking. I watched as he paced, talking to the police men.

Maybe I'm not meant to be on my own...

After getting off the phone, Eren helped me up to my feet. "They're on the way." he informed. I just nodded again.

The police arrived and informed us that the men were wanted criminals. They were glad we caught them, yet avoided the topic of my act of defense, not seeming to want to bring it up.

After that, we went home. the party had been over for a while now and Eren told the group we would catch up later, so they went ahead and left.

Eren and me got in his car and went home. In the car, we were both silent.

"Thank you..." I broke the silence, looking down at my blood covered lap.

"Hm? Why are you thanking me?" he asked, keeping his eyes on the road.

"You saved my life... and you almost died." I replied, turning to him.

"Well yeah, that's my job." he said, "I put your life before mine."

"Why?" I asked.

"Because your life is more valuable than mine." he answered.

"You don't value your life?" I asked another question. He didn't answer, he just continued driving, keeping his eyes on the road and turned. "You should..." I suggested, taking his silence as a 'no'.

The rest of the ride was silent, until we got home. He let me wash up in his apartment, so that when I went into mine, Levi wouldn't see my bloody clothes and all. We didn't feel like telling him what happened. After I washed up and had Eren's jacket to cover my bloody shirt, I said bye and left.

That night, I couldn't go to sleep. My mind couldn't rest, thinking about todays events. I turned over on my side, clutching the old, stuffed bear I've owned since I was young, given to me by my parents. I still kept it, even as a teenager.

If Eren value's my life more than his, then I'll value his more than mine... I decided, then closed my eyes, trying to fall asleep.

This world is cruel...

But it's also very beautiful.